Resolve "CI: allow "never" in job:artifacts:expire_in"
What does this MR do?
This MR completes the work started in Community contribution !21367 (closed)
Related to #22761 (closed)
Original description
This MR adds the possibility to use a never
keyword as artefact expire_in
value for a gitlab-ci.yml
configuration to keep artefacts forever. It has the same effect as pressing the Keep Forever button on the pipeline view. E.g:
pages:
script:
- echo '...'
artifacts:
expire_in: never
paths:
- public
While on gitlab.com, the default expiry-time is set to nil
, it is by default 30 days
for self hosted instances. A default expiry-time is a really nice feature, but it makes it impossible to keep an artefact forever without using the Keep Forever button on the UI or using bogus expire_in
values like 9999 years
. This makes the use of GitLab as release artefact store impractical.
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